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No. 655,694. Patentd Aug. I4, 900. J. A. DEMUTH.

WATGHMANS DIALLESS REGISTER.

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WATCHMANS DIAL LESS REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,694, dated August 14, 1900.

Application filed August 16, 1899. Serial NO- 727,4 25 (lilo model.)

To CLZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ARTHUR DEMUTH,

of Oberlin,in the county of Lorain and State the watchman, so as to show that his roundsare regularly traversed.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus shown in closed position. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with the lid raised in position to permit the watchman to register his trip. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the register with the top thereof removed to expose the interior mechanism. Fig. 4: is a section on the line 4 4t of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section of the cardperforating devices on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a diagram of one of the cards, and Fig. 7 is a plan View of the device for checking the cards.

' Referring to Figs. 1 to 6, the mechanism is placed in a box or case 8, which maybe constructed of any desired material and which is provided with a front wall 9, secured thereto in a manner to effectually exclude the weather from the interior of the case. This front wall is provided with side flanges 10, to the upper of which is hinged the lid or cover 11, such being provided with a centrally-located protuberance 12 to make room for certain parts which will be hereinafter described. The lid or cover 11 is provided with felt or other packing 14 to form a tight connection with the flanges l0, and the lid is held in closed position by a spring-hasp 15 on the front wall 9 of the casing, the hasp acting with a staple 16 and being held by a padlock 17, as shown. When the register is located within a building, it may not be necessary to provide the padlock.

Within the box or casin g 8 is located a clock mechanism 18,- the clock mechanism being of any desired construction and having a main arbor 19, corresponding with the hourhand arbor of an ordinary clock, to which is fastened a spur-gear 20. This gear turns with the arbor 19 and carries a pointed pin 21, which pin 21 is adapted to pierce the cards carried by the watchman, as will be hereinafter explained. For the purpose of quickly disengaging the cards from the pin 21 I provide a spur-finger 22, which is fastened to the gear and turns therewith, the free end of the spur-finger having an orifice 23 therein, such orifice beinglocated directly over the pin 21 and receiving the pin as the finger is pushed down, the finger immediately returning to lift the card from the pin, and thus avoid interference with the clock mechanism.

Mounted on stub-shafts 24-, which are carried in the casing 8 by a transversely-extending frame-plate 25, are two spur-gears 26 and 27, such gears being located on opposite sides of the gear 20, being meshed therewith. The gears 26 and 27 are provided with an unequal number of teeth for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. Fastened to the respective gears 26 and 27 are dial-cards 28 and 29, the cards being concentric to the gears and turning therewith. The cards 28 and 29 are of a diameter greater than the gears 26 and 27 and are located behind the gear. The exposed portions of the cards 28 and 29 are provided at their outer portions with circular lines of letters 30, and inside of the letters 30 are cardinal figures 31, and inside of these lines are lines of minor figures or units 32. The number of letters in the lines may be any that is desired; but it is highly preferable that each card be the same as here shown. I have here shown them to be ninety-eight, and the arrangement of the lines of figures 31 and 32 is such that each one of these letters will have a distinctive number, as may be seen by reference to Fig. 3.

The front wall 9 is formed with an opening 33 therein, which opening is located directly over the gear 20, (see Fig. 5,) permitting the pin 21 and finger 22 to project forward of the wall 9. Mounted on the wall 9 are two tracks 34., which stand at right angles with the wall and carry the card-holder 35 in a manner to from the wall 0.

permit the card-holder to move toward and This card-holder is held normally in its forward position out of con tact with the wall by means of two bowsprings 36, the middle portions of which are fastened to the holderand the ends of which bear on the wall 0. The tracks have extensions 37 engaging the springs 36, which limit the outer movement of the card-holder. The cardholder is formed with two outwardlydisposed guide ways 38, (see Fig. 5,) between which the card is adapted to be inserted, and the holder is also provided with a ledge 30, which directs the card into the guideways 38. For the purpose of providing a free space in which the pin 21 may pass the card-holder is formed with an annular groove 40, which is arranged just over the path of the pin, so that when the card-holder is pushed inward (to the right, see Fig. 5) the pin enters the passage 40 and perforates the card held in the guideways 38. A knob -11 is screwed or otherwise secured to the card-holder, providing a means to be engaged by the hand of the operator to press the card-holder inward. Now it will be seen that a person inserting a card between the guideways 8S and pressing inward the card-holder will cause the card to be pierced by the needle 21, and it will also be seen that the gear 20, turning with the clockwork, will cause the needle 21 to move continuously, and thus the card will be pierced at a different point at different times. By these means I am enabled to detect irregularity on the part of the watchman, it being understood that the watchman is supposed to insert his card in the holder and to pierce the same at certain predetermined periods.

The wall 9 is provided with glass-covered observation-openings 4.2, which are one for each of the dials 28 and 29. These observation-openings are associated with index-fingers 43, formed on the wall 9, the index-fingers pointing to the lines and letters 30 on the dials 28 and 27. The arrangement of the observation-openings 32 is such that only the letters on the dials 28 and 29 are exposed, the figures not being visible except at the re moval of the front wall 9 of the casing 8. The key-arbor 4% of the clock mechanism 18 is extended through the front wall 9 of the easing and also through an opening 455, formed in the card-holder, permitting the clockwork to be wound without removing the wall 9. For the purpose of starting the clockwork without removing the wall 9 of the casing I provide an arbor 4C6, which is mounted to turn in the wall 9 and one end of which is projected forward of the same for engagement with the key. The arbor 526 projects rearwardly and carries an arm 47, the arm -17 extending into contact with the escapement mechanism. Now it will be seen that by turning the arm 46 the arm 4-7 may be caused to engage the escapement and start the same, and when this is done the arbor may be caused to throw the same out of the way of the es capement.

The card for use by the watchman or other person on whom this register is kept is shown in Fig. 6. It is impressed with a number of consecutively-numbered spaces l8 and also with a circular figure a0, divided into a number of segments, each impressed with figures-forexample, the figures 1, 2, 8, at, and 5, as shown. The section of the card on which the figure 49 is formed is divided from the other part of the card by a score 50, and the two sections of the card are identified with each other by characters 51, as shown.

The apparatus thus constructed is used in the following manner: It will be assumed for the purposes of explanation that the watchman has a twelve-hour watch and that he is required to operate the register once an hour. The cards shown in Fig. (3 are therefore provided with twelve segmental divisions (indicated at the designatingcharacters29) and with twelve rectangular divisions 48, (six onlybeing shown.) One of these cards is given to the watchman at the commencement of each watch. If a padlock 17 is provided for the lid 11, the watchman is furnished with a key for this lock. \Vhen the time comes for him to effect a register, the lid ll is raised and the card is inserted in the guideways 38 of the card-holder. Then the card-holder is pushed in until it strikes the wall 9. This causes the needle 21 to impale the card and produce a perforation therein, its finger 22 acting with the springs 36 to quickly disengage the card from the needle. This perforation formed in the card will be placed upon or directly adjacent to one of the numbers of the figure 49 of the card. The next trip made by the watchman will cause the card to be perforated in the next segmental division of the figure ifand (if the watchman is on time) at the same relative point-that is to say, if the first perforation was placed at the figure 2 of one of the divisions of the figure l9 the next perforation would be placed at the figure 2 of the immediately-contiguous segmental division of the figure, and so on until each division of such figure has received its perforation, which will require the twelve hours of the watch. Should the watchman be irregular in his visits to the register, the perforations will be at irregular intervals, and thus show the watchmans failure. At each time that the watchman visits the register and perforates the card he should observe the dials 2S and 29 and should mark in the spaces 4801f the card the letters that appear through the observation-openings 4-2 and that are indicated bythe pointers It will therefore be seen that two distinct operations are necessary to be performed by the watchman each time that he visits the register-that is to say, each card is to be inserted in the register and perforated and he is to mark on the card the letters that appear through the observationopenings 42. It should be borne in mind that the dials 28 and 29, turning with the gearwheels 26 and 27 will present different letters through the openings 42 at different times. At the end of the watch the cards of the watchman should be delivered to the superintendent or checker as proof of the fidelity of the watchman.

In connection with the two dials 28 and the gears 26 and 27, on which they are carried, it is explained that, the gears having unequal teeth and the dials having equal numbers of letters thereon, the number of diverse combinations that will be shown through the openings 42 is practically inexhaustible. Since the watchman is required to mark in the places 48 of the card the combination shown at each visit when the card is perforated, it is clear that he will always have a new combination to record, and therefore that the register will never have to be reset by the person having charge of the watchman. The register will not have to be'visited except by the watchman.

I provide means for checking or proving the cards, so that the honesty of the watchman may be proven, which means are illustrated in Fig. 7 and which consist, essentially, in a duplication of the parts 20, 26, 27, 28, and 29, previously described. Referring to this figure, a base-plate 9 is provided, and on this base-plate two gear-wheels 27 and 26 are lo cated, the gear-wheels being provided with thumb-nuts 52, permitting the gears to be turned. The axes of the gears 26 and 27 are mounted to slide with the gears toward and from each other, and for the purpose of holdin g the gears 26 and 27 in the positions shown I provide a U-shaped spring 53, fastened to the base-plate 9 and having its end portions engaged with the gears to press them toward each other and into mesh with a gear 20, mounted between them. This gear 20 acts with a spring-pressed brake 54 and also with a pointer 55. The gear 20 is provided with two pins 56, such pins projecting upwardly from its face. The brake 54 serves normally to engage the wheel 20 and hold the same from rotation, and this gear being in mesh with the gears 26 and 27 stops such gears. The gears 26 and 27 carry dials which are duplicates of the dials 28 and 29, previously described, and the base-plate 9 carries pointers 56, which take the place of the pointers 43 at the observation-openings 42, as previously described. Now let it be assumed that the watchman turns in a card perforated at the twelve segmental divisions of the figure 49 thereof and with combinations of letters marked in the divisions or spaces 48, as previously explained. The card is torn into two parts on the score-line 50 and the part bearing the figure 49 is impaled upon the pins 56 of the gear-wheel 20 of the checking device. The gear 20, hearing the card, should now be turned so that the pointer will bear directly over the first perforation made by the watchman in the card, it being understood that for this purpose the brake 54 may be moved manually out of engagement with the gear 20.

The checker should now observe the combination of letters that the watchman has Written in the first division 48 of the card, and then the gears 26 and 27 should be moved out of mesh with the gear 20 and such gears 26 and 27 adjusted so that the letters written in the first compartment 48 will respectively appear at the pointers 56. The wheels 26 and 27 should now be permitted to return into mesh with the wheel 20. It will now be observed that the checker has succeeded in placing the parts 20, 26, 27, 28, and 29 in essentially the same relative positions that the parts 20, 26, 27, 28, and 29 were placed when the watchman effected his first perforation in the card and wrote the first letters in the spaces 48. (See Figs. 2, 3, and 7.) This being done, by turning the gears 20, 26, and 27 the card may be turned so as to cause the indicator 55 to successively point to the other perforations on the card in the order that such perforations were made, and the checker by referring to the combinations of letters successively indicated by the pointers 56-may observe whether these combinations tally with those marked on the card. If the combinations tally, there will be proof that the Watchman was honest in his visits. If they do not tally, there will be proof that the watchman was dishonest.

It may be observed that the letters on the dials 28 and 29 are duplicated in many instances. Therefore the purpose of the numbers 31 and 32 is to identify the letters. Now when one of the registers is first set and placed at the disposal of the watchman the checker that is to say, the person having charge of the watchman-should note the letters that ap pear through the observation-openings 42 and indicated by the pointers 43. He should also note the numbers in the lines of numbers 31 and 32, which numbers identify such letters. By this means the checker may set the checking device (see Fig. 7) for operation when the first watchmans card is delivered to him. Then it will be understood that the checking operations of the subsequent cards may be carried on by reference to the card or cards immediatelypreceding. Byprovidingninetyeight letters for each dial I attain a great scope of combinations, and by constructing the gears 26 and 27 with different numbers of teeth I cause the two dials to turn out of unison, and therefore avoid the possibility of the observation-openings 42 exposing any two similar combinations of letters at the same time. Reference to Figs. 3 and 7 will show that the lines of letters 30 are associated with minute graduations, which are placed at the exact peripheries of the dials. The purpose of these graduations is to enable the persons using the instrument to record precisely the location of the letters relative to the pointers 43 and 56, thus providing against the possible contingency of the dials being placed out of unison with each other.

From this it will be seen that the great advantage of this register is that it never has to be reset, but goes on indefinitely, producing a new combination of letters at each observation. It should be understood, of course, that the clock must be wound, which can be accomplished by the watchman without putting at his command a means of cheating the register.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a registering apparatus, the combination of a wheel, a pin carried thereby and adapted to pierce a card, and a dial geared with the wheel to turn in time therewith, for the purpose specified.

In a registering apparatus, the combination of a wheel, a pin carried by and turning with the wheel, and two dials arranged respectively on opposite sides of the wheel and geared to be driven in time therewith, the dials turning out of unison with each other.

3. In a registering apparatus, the combination of a pin adapted to pierce a card, means for carrying the pin to move in a fixed path, and a dial located adjacent to the pin and geared with the means for carrying the same, whereby to cause the dial and pin to turn in unison, for the purpose specified.

at. In a registeringapparatus, the combination of means for marking a card, and a dial geared with said means and moving in time therewith, for the purpose specified.

5. In a registering apparatus, the combination with a casing, of means for marking a card, such means moving continuously to mark the card at different points at different periods, and a dial connected with said means and moving in unison therewith, the dial being visible through the casing.

6. In a registering apparatus, the combination with a casing, of clockwork mounted therein, a wheel connected with and driven by the clockwork, a pin carried by the wheel and projecting through the front wall of the casing, a card-holder mounted outside of the front wall and movable toward and from the pin to carry a card thereto to pierce the card, and a dial geared with the wheel and turning in time therewith, the dial being located within the casing and having a portion visible through the same.

7. In a registering apparatus, the combination of a casing, a clockwork mounted in the casing, a wheel driven by the clockwork, a pin carried by the wheel and projecting through the front wall of the casing, a card-holder mounted outside of said wall and moving toward and from the pin to carry a card to the pin and pierce the same, and two dials geared with the wheel and moving in unison there with, the gearing of the dials being dissimilar to drive the dials out of unison with each other, the dials being located within the easing and having portions visible without the same.

8. A dial for a registering apparatus, the dial having a line of letters, and a line of figures identifying the letters, for the purpose specified.

9. A card for a registering apparatus, the card having a circular figure produced thereon, the figure being divided into segmental parts and each part having a plurality of characters produced thereon, the characters of each part being similar throughout the card.

10. A dial for a registering apparatus, the dial being formed in two divisions, one of which has a figure adapted to be marked by the registering apparatus, and the other of which has a number of eonsecutively'numbered divisions formed thereon.

11. A card for registering purposes, the card having a circular figure marked thereon, and the card also having a number of spaces produced thereon adjacent to the circular figure, the card being adapted to be punched at the circular figure, and the said spaces serving to receive notes respectivelyreferring to the punches in the circular figure.

12. A card for registering apparatus, the card having a figure produced thereon which is adapted to be punched and the card also having a number of spaces marked thereon, such spaces being adapted to have characters written therein, the characters respectively referring to the punches on the said figure on the card.

13. A registering apparatus, having means for marking a card, such means moving in a fixed path, and two dials geared with such means to be driven in time therewith, the dials moving out of time with each other, for the purpose specified.

14:. In a registering apparatus, the combination of means serving to mark a card, such means being driven continuously, and two dials geared with such means and driven thereby, the dials moving out of time with each other, and the dials being duplicates in form.

15. A registering apparatus, having a casing, a card-holder mounted and movable on the casing over an opening therein, means in the casing for marking the card, against which means the card-holder moves, and a movable member mounted in the casing and driven in time with said means for marking the card, the casing havinga second opening through which said member is movable.

16. A registering apparatus, having means for marking a card, such means being driven uniformly to advance, and a continuouslymovable member geared to advance in time with said means for marking the card, for the purpose specified.

JOHN ARTHUR DEMUTII.

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